Muncie man guilty in battery case

A Muncie man faces up to eight years in prison after a Delaware Circuit Court 5 jury on Wednesday found him guilty of battery resulting in serious bodily injury.

Chief Deputy Prosecutor Judi Calhoun presented evidence that Kevin R. Simmons, 24, attacked a then-friend in the victim's South Pinewood Drive home on May 11. Testimony indicated Simmons punched the man, knocking him down, and then stomped on his head. Police said they found the victim - who was unable to remember the attack, Calhoun said - unconscious in his bathtub.

Simmons told police the attack followed an alcohol-fueled disagreement, but during this week's trial claimed he had acted in self-defense. The Muncie man was convicted of burglary in 2012.